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Keep in mind that mules do pick their people, so, along with seeing how youmget along with the mule, pay close attention to how the mule gets along with you.

Good luck, I hope you find the right mule for you.

 

On 10/5/07, Roger Rittenhouse <roger@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well, as in life - sometimes things do not go as planned or hoped for.
My quest to find a new ride of ANY type has failed again.
With all that has not gone  well for me and my riding over the past 4 to
5 years, this latest failure is just par.

The mule was a sweet girl. The test ride did not show any major issues I
felt I could not deal with.
However... long pause.

Our first ride here at home on Monday resulted in a major -almost
dangerous incident.
Rather then go into the details lets just say she was not trained to the
level I expected, to lead in hand at a walk past scary stuff.
A pull away bolt into the highway   resulted in her almost getting hit
and did result with me getting hurt. There was another incident at a
sign where I got pulled to the ground. TWO strikes your out of here.

My FIRST tenet is the horse/mule must be safe and I must not get hurt...

The owner graciously agreed to take her back. We did not match as well
as I thought.

I made a mistake, bought a young mule without MANY MANY miles and HOURS
under saddle. Way too green for me.

We were VERY lucky with Carol's mule. Who was 6 and very green BUT did
respond to us very fast and never did anything dangerous.
I was not so lucky this time.

So now I am looking again.

Today I rode two gaited mules. Riding gaited was so way cool and easy.

One is very nice  BUT I am making no rash decision. This one is also
young BUT was dead broke. Nothing phased it. It was owned , bred and
trained  by the same person. Was ridden in the show ring by an 10 YR OLD
GIRL last year.
I have to think about him and go back to ride more. We may meet at a
local horse camp and ride for  a few hours.

Going to make sure this time... I hope.

AND yes I DO want a trail mule
--
Roger

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